Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-09-05

Rev. Washington GLADDEN., ID. d.. of Co
lumbus, preached a sermon Sunday even
ing, in which he showed how liquor al d
gambling saloons had been suppressed in
other towns than Columbus. and that they
could be suppressed in the same way IN
Columbus. The doctor read letters from
the mayors of number of cities in refer
ence to his inquiries as to their success in
restricting or suppreSsing these two tea :
lures to which We have alluded. From an
ample report of the sermon, which appears
in the OH" STATE .JuHJTdi, We find that
Mayor Chamberlain. of Detroit. answers
very briefly: The laws which the state of
Michigan has provided for the regulation of
the traffic in liquors and for the suppress
ION of gambling are. so far as my obserra-
tion goes, practically enforced IN
the city Of Detroit by an efficient
police department" There is good
deal in that. Will our esteemed mayor and
his chief of police. Ambrose, make
note of it," What We want to have done
with Springfield gamblers. especially. is to
have them CLOSED out" or cleaned out, ="
of the town. They are a gracelesS set of
plunderers and ought TO go. Mayor Denny.
of indianapolis. writes: ''All old. notori-
Gus gamblers have been driven out OF the
city" That is what should be done with
Springfield's ''old. notorious gamblers. y
Mayor Crawford, of Dayton. says: 1T
(gamblingl lis suppressed to great extent, >"
Mayor Kumpf. of Kansas City, says: I'VE
have good laws on the subject of gambling
and do not permit it IN any shape-not even
a lottery Recorder Rutledge. of Mont
gomery, Alabama. says: Keeping gamb-
ling house is made felony. punishable by
in the penitentiary in this
state by act of the last legislature. and
What gambling is done it is carried on in the
most secret manner and in private rooms.
No public places are known to the authori-
ties" In New Orleans. drinking saloons
are CLOSED altogether on Sundays" and
gambling saloons are closed and gambling
is not permitted. under act of the legisla-
ture." Dr. GLADDEN. summarizes as fol-
lows:
Detroit gives no particulars. save that
the laws of the state are enforced. The
others foot up as follows: As to night
closing. Louisville and Kansas City seem 10
be wide open; Pittsburg and Nashville
partly closed: Cleveland and Dayton are
closed. and Indianapolis. Omaha.
and New Orleans are closed
altogether. The showing on this point is
the least satisfactory. yet it is here just 10
say that the majority of these cities refuse TO
Tolerate the all-n,ght saloon and find ways
of supressing it. And what Ohaha and
indianapolis and New Orleans are able 10
do in this direction. Columbus need not
hesitate TO attempt.
As 10 gambling places. the reports from
the several cities is nearly unanimous. We
quote rs follows:
In not one of these cities are gambling
places, well known to the public. permitted
Ia stand open and ply their traffic without
from the police. Ii is we'll
known, | suppose. 10 most intelligent per
sons. that vigorous measures for the sup
preston of gambling have been taken in
many of the cities of this country during
scription from all over the country. driven
from their ancient haunts, have found a
shelter and safe refuge in Columbus.
Columbus WISHES TO he known all
abroad as the snug harbor of the gambling
fraternity is one of the things We are trying
10 find out.
Any why gamblers in Springfield should
be subjected To only an occasional raid and
not be CLOSED out" and CLOSED up" alto
gether, is what We are irving to find out
We elected, last spring. one of our very
best and most efficient citizens as mayor.
and of a man of Oliver S. KelIy's dmen-
,ions and character. We expect much more
than We do Of ordinary men in his position.
Now let the gamblers-the meanest and
most conscienceless robbers in community
be notified to quit. and Chief Ambrose be
notified TO make them quit
Positively Mr.. Cleveland will not have
lime TO visit either Columbus or Cincinnati
his year. What he might be persuaded TO